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The FDA decided to keep its lifetime ban on Homosexual blood donors. Yes, blood groups think the ban is unnecessary, and yes, blood testing can detect HIV in less than a month after infection, and no, the FDA doesn't care.

The thing is, the nation needs blood (Google shows many "shortages" since 2000). The FDA says it would reverse its policy if it were shown that gay blood did not pose a “significant and preventable” risk to blood recipients. Thats one goal, but what about the "significant and preventable" risk posed to patients who need blood but may not be able to get it? Also, and just to point it out, its not like only gays get AIDS. If you want to really get a hold of this, ban blood from anyone who's ever had unprotected sex, or if you think like Dr. Sen. Bill Frist, been cried on by a gay guy.

Anyway, I think this article shows three things.

1. Yeah, there's a bias against homosexuals in government. Not really news.
2. The FDA has a reputation for favoring politics over science. This looks like another arrow in the quiver of that accusation.
3. Even if one and two are false, it does show that once the government reacts/over-reacts to something, it stays reacted/over-reacted to. Which is really the most important lesson here.